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If accessing on a mobile device, please scroll to the right to view pricing details. APM/IQM Starting at USD 75

IBM Instana is the next generation of APM that delivers all teams the data they want with the context they need. Purpose-built for cloud-native yet technology-agnostic, the platform automatically and continuously provides high-fidelity data— 1-second granularity and end-to-end traces—with the context of logical and physical dependencies across mobile, web, applications, and infrastructure.

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Infrastructure Quality Monitoring Starting at USD 20

Instana ensures that the infrastructure is monitored and represented as it is. With IQM, you can monitor your infrastructure and get resource metric monitoring of the technologies running on it. IQM includes container monitoring, resource metric monitoring, and infrastructure mapping.

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Starting at USD 12 per unit

1 unit entitles 1000 Resource units (RU) per month and allows the execution of three different kinds of tests:
 
  • 1 Simple API test executed = 0.025 RU
  • 1 API Script test executed = 0.042 RU
  • 1 Browser test executed = 1 RU
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Frequently asked questions

No. At Instana, we believe that infrastructure monitoring, end-user monitoring (EUM), and analytics are all core functions of a great APM tool. As such, everything is included in the APM licensing. Check out common observability myths.

A standard Instana license is available on a minimum order quantity of 10 hosts and includes access for unlimited number of users and support for 300+ technologies.

Yes. Instana is a member of The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and welcomes the use of many open-source technologies. Instana makes it very easy for our users to see their open source traces and metrics alongside, and correlated with, Instana’s natively collected metrics and traces.

No, Instana doesn’t charge variable costs to our customers. The APM license includes all traces (unlimited), databases, users, and storage.  Check out common observability myths.

At Instana, our commitment to privacy and security has led us to complete our SOC 2 requirements and audit successfully. With this certification you have peace of mind, knowing that there has been an independent and full review of Instana’s security that verified the appropriateness in the design of controls regarding availability, processing integrity and confidentiality of the service.

Instana Automates the entire application monitoring. Instana bills on a per host, per month, billed annually, which is more predictable than other competitors. See the six reasons why users are switching

Of course. You can try Instana for free for 14 days. Simply sign up for a free trial here.

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IBM Instana Observability gives everyone across the enterprise user-friendly access to the data they want with the context they need to deliver rapid issue prevention and remediation.

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